Good read, Link here.
The important stuff:
"In his three years at Michigan, Harbaugh has made all sorts of headlines: for drinking milk like beer; for wooing a kicker by sleeping at his house; for babysitting a recruit’s younger brother; for baking a recruit a birthday cake; for speaking at the high school commencement of a top recruit; for going to high school classes with recruits; for singing the national anthem at a Lil Dicky concert; for borrowing a chain from Migos; for gifting the Pope a pair of Jordans; for coming out in support of Darth Vader; for drilling the main character on Detroiters in the back of the head with a football; for arguing that Judge Judy should be appointed to the Supreme Court; for announcing a presidential bid with Wale as his veep; for getting way too into pregame routines with his quarterbacks; for running up the score on Rutgers; for using a play I described as “the Wolverine Centipede”; for taking his team paintballing in Italy; for forcing his children to run drills to prepare for trick-or-treating; for using a rare off day to hold the first-down chain at a high school football game; for working out in khakis; for swimming in khakis; for being incredibly pasty in khakis. All of these are, on some level, Mad Libs. (“All right, we need an activity, and then a type of uncomfortable pants.”) Most recently, Harbaugh made headlines for reportedly telling a player that eating chicken is bad for one’s health, because chickens are “nervous birds” whose weak demeanor will infect the human body when consumed. Jim prefers cows—hence his belief that milk and steak are “natural steroids”—even though cows seem pretty nervous, too. Why doesn’t Jim eat lion?
. . .
No fan base in college football is more self-important than Michigan’s
. . .
The pieces are all there for Harbaugh. He has his quarterback, and all of the players he recruited at sleepovers and birthday parties.
. . .
Everywhere he has gone, he has capitalized on the novelty of his hire and his immediate success. At Michigan that success has waned, and the novelty has worn.
. . .
This is the year for Harbaugh to prove there’s a method to his madness. Because if not, he’s just a weirdo getting paid extravagantly to produce mediocrity for a program used to excellence."
The important stuff:
"In his three years at Michigan, Harbaugh has made all sorts of headlines: for drinking milk like beer; for wooing a kicker by sleeping at his house; for babysitting a recruit’s younger brother; for baking a recruit a birthday cake; for speaking at the high school commencement of a top recruit; for going to high school classes with recruits; for singing the national anthem at a Lil Dicky concert; for borrowing a chain from Migos; for gifting the Pope a pair of Jordans; for coming out in support of Darth Vader; for drilling the main character on Detroiters in the back of the head with a football; for arguing that Judge Judy should be appointed to the Supreme Court; for announcing a presidential bid with Wale as his veep; for getting way too into pregame routines with his quarterbacks; for running up the score on Rutgers; for using a play I described as “the Wolverine Centipede”; for taking his team paintballing in Italy; for forcing his children to run drills to prepare for trick-or-treating; for using a rare off day to hold the first-down chain at a high school football game; for working out in khakis; for swimming in khakis; for being incredibly pasty in khakis. All of these are, on some level, Mad Libs. (“All right, we need an activity, and then a type of uncomfortable pants.”) Most recently, Harbaugh made headlines for reportedly telling a player that eating chicken is bad for one’s health, because chickens are “nervous birds” whose weak demeanor will infect the human body when consumed. Jim prefers cows—hence his belief that milk and steak are “natural steroids”—even though cows seem pretty nervous, too. Why doesn’t Jim eat lion?
. . .
No fan base in college football is more self-important than Michigan’s
. . .
The pieces are all there for Harbaugh. He has his quarterback, and all of the players he recruited at sleepovers and birthday parties.
. . .
Everywhere he has gone, he has capitalized on the novelty of his hire and his immediate success. At Michigan that success has waned, and the novelty has worn.
. . .
This is the year for Harbaugh to prove there’s a method to his madness. Because if not, he’s just a weirdo getting paid extravagantly to produce mediocrity for a program used to excellence."
